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The Accidental Hero - Major John McBride

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 8 older comments, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

  John MacBride. 7 May 1868 – 5 May 1916 "His red hair and long nose led to him being given the nickname "Foxy Jack"." Much more at - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MacBride

• beachcomber australia said:

  Here is a titbit of information from 1903 via Trove ... "... When MacBrlde was in an engagement at Modderspruit in October, 1899, a shell burst above a rock behind which he was taking cover. Instinctively he put his hand up to his neck, and a splinter tore an agate from the bezil of his ring. He lost the stone, but the rest of it is now his wife's wedding-ring." See - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128457863

• guliolopez said:

  This image and text, along with memorials to the other men executed, appear together in this poster published by Powell Press, of 22 Parliament Street (close to Dublin City Hall). Seemingly there were also postcard versions (which this one may have been). Also published by Powell Press. I haven't found anything more concrete to indicate when and who took the original.

• beachcomber australia said:

  Flickr is sometimes amazing - but alas no more clues to the provenance. Via cellleader

• Swordscookie said:

  My mother had a great admiration for this man and there was a picture of him in the boys bedroom at home. I had this fellow looking down at me every morning when i woke up!